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2. In the Layouts list, select the layouts in which you want to hide/show secondary brackets.
By default, the layout currently open in the music area is selected when you open the dialog.
You can select other layouts by using the selection options in the action bar, Shift -clicking
adjacent layouts, and Ctrl/Cmd -clicking individual layouts.
3. Click Brackets and Braces in the page list.
4. Choose one of the following options for Instruments of the same kind within a bracketed
group:
Use secondary brackets
No secondary brackets
5. Click Apply, then Close.
RESULT
Secondary brackets are shown in the selected layouts when you choose Use secondary
brackets, and hidden when you choose No secondary brackets.
Showing secondary brackets as sub-brackets/braces
Secondary brackets extend beyond brackets, allowing you to mark groups of staves within a
bracketed group. You can show secondary brackets as either braces positioned outside the
bracket or as sub-brackets in each layout independently.
PROCEDURE
1. Press Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-L to open Layout Options.
2. In the Layouts list, select the layouts in which you want to change the appearance of
secondary brackets.
By default, the layout currently open in the music area is selected when you open the dialog.
You can select other layouts by using the selection options in the action bar,
Shift -clicking
adjacent layouts, and Ctrl/Cmd -clicking individual layouts.
3. Click Brackets and Braces in the page list.
4. Choose one of the following options for Secondary bracket appearance:
Brace
Sub-bracket
5. Click Apply, then Close.
RESULT
The appearance of all secondary brackets in the selected layouts is changed.
NOTE
Because you cannot show sub-sub-brackets in addition to braces, sub-sub-brackets are not
shown in layouts where sub-brackets appear as braces.
Sub-sub-brackets
Sub-sub-brackets are a tertiary level of staff grouping with the same design as sub-brackets. They
are positioned outside of both brackets and sub-brackets, allowing you to mark groups of staves
within bracketed and sub-bracketed groups. Sub-sub-brackets can only appear as brackets in
Dorico SE.
Sub-sub-brackets cannot extend beyond their sub-bracket and cannot be shown on staves with a
brace as either the primary or secondary group.
Brackets and braces
Sub-sub-brackets
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